Do people seem ruder and more easily angered these days?

[ucbalumnus]

@my3girls

in Oregon. Cars are supposed to stay out of the bike lane always and then make a 90 degree right turn from the car right lane. You may not merge into the bike lane to make a turn.

In California, car drivers are supposed to merge into the bike lane before turning across it, which is the safer (but not always followed) practice.

When I ride bicycles, I prefer car drivers to do the California way rather than the Oregon way. Passing on the left of a right turning car is a lot safer than passing on the right through that driver’s blind spots.